depathologize

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verb

To cease to treat as a medical disorder.

Opposite
pathologize
OriginEnglish pathologize ← French pathologie ← Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) →
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Meanings

verbdepathologize (third-person singular simple present depathologizes, present participle depathologizing, simple past and past participle depathologized)

present singular third person depathologizes · participle present depathologizing · participle past depathologized · past depathologized

  1. transitiveTo cease to treat as a medical disorder.

    […] by the 1970s, members of Tri-Ess were engineering newspaper articles and appearances on television to popularize and depathologize cross-dressing and help isolated heterosexual cross-dressers and their wives obtain support.

    2006, Paisley Currah, Richard M. Juang, Shannon Minter, Transgender Rights, page 172

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
pathologize

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Ancient Greekπάσχω (páskhō)
  8. Ancient Greekπᾰ́θος (pắthos)
  9. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  11. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  12. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  13. Frenchpathologie
  14. Englishpathology
  15. Englishpathologize
  16. Englishdepathologize

From de- + pathologize.

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APA

depathologize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depathologize

MLA

“depathologize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depathologize. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “depathologize,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depathologize.

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